Formal Night

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Cruise Tips: You can have as many pictures taken as you want, and only purchase the ones you like.

If you want to have your hair done for formal night, go the salon/spa as soon as you get on the ship, so that you have a better choice appointment times.

At the Captain's Reception, the servers bring around a tray of standard drinks (wine, manhattans, whisky sours, and nonalcoholic punch) but you can go to the bar and order any type of drink you want.

Useless Trivia: PVC ballgowns are not a good choice for a Caribbean cruise! It's like wearing saran wrap.

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On Sunday we were at sea. The kids went to camp most of the day, except for lunch, which we ate at the South Beach Club (the main buffet). Every day they feature a separate cuisine in one part, and Sunday it was Indian. Yum, yum, yum. And yum again. :^)

Met up with my Cruise Critic friends at 1 and Stephen traded his postcards. Then at 2 I went to go get my hair done, since Sunday was the first Formal Night. 61 bobby pins later, I looked like I had wires sticking out of my head. :^D

We did get a ton of pictures taken on our way to the Captain's Reception. I had ordered Talia a single pink rose to go with her dress, which they delivered to our room. Between her gown, her crown and the flower, she decided that her new name is "Talia, Princess of the Flowers of the World."

Heh heh, I had apparently forgotten to mention to Chris that there are free beverages at the Captain's Reception. And they were being very generous with them. I think Chris must have had 5 martinis and at least one Manhattan (because they had temporarily run out of martinis). And this was another place where my time at Cruise Critic paid off - because after 2 very sorry excuses for whisky sours, Chris went to the bar and got me a pina colada.

Ok, this is a prime example of me being bad. I finished the pina colada and had set the empty glass aside. One of the waiters came by and offered to get me another - but his tray was full so he couldn't take the glass. After he left, another waiter came by and took the empty glass, asking me what what had been in it. Then Stephen caught his sleeve on his punch and dumped it, so he and Chris went up to the bar to get him another drink. So Talia and I are sitting there and yup, you guessed it, here comes one waiter with one drink, the second with another, and Chris with a thrid for me. Heh heh heh. Thank you, Captain Pagano. :^)

Formal night means Prime Rib and Lobster, and I readily admitted to our wait staff that tonight I was going to be a glutton and order 2 lobster tails and one prime rib. Then Talia decided that she didn't like the lobster and she just wanted everyone's mushroom risotto. Oh darn, had to eat her lobster tail too. :^0 Such hardships.

The kids went to the slumber party on Sunday night. I don't think they got enough sleep - and to boot, they both had chocolate milk - so we really paid for it the next day.

The nightlife on the ship left something to be desired, for us anyway. The disco was disappointing because they only played popular music - they need at least one Goth/Alternative night. :^D I only spent $20 in the casino, and there wasn't much else going on. We did stop at the coffee bar - that was a nice surprise. Yes, there is a surcharge for the coffees and desserts, but the cheesecake is $2/slice and the coffee prices were cheaper than the grocery store. I spend more at Borders.

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